I think the trouble all began back in 2017 when we purchased a bunch of bantam chickens. Everything was going well, no trouble at all, until one day…
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Wolves!
It was getting very dusky, almost too dark to see. I was about to get up from my seat on the dried-out mudflat, when I saw a black shadow in my peripheral vision.
The Mouse Patrol
My aunt was at the lake, relaxing on the shore, when she noticed a heron creeping stealthily up a steep bank toward the road, step…by…step…
Hand-feeding Birds
It wasn’t long before a Dark-eyed Juncos perched itself on my hand and began to feed…
Woodchuck Wanderings
Never did I think what might happen if a dog and a wild animal were to meet face to face with no restraints. But I was soon to find out.
In the Heart of My Tree
Nature enchants me.
But I am not a birder.
Nor a stargazer.
Nor a leaf-ologist.
I looked for poetry
in all of these.
I was eluded.
And then I found it—
a charming cadence—
In the Heart of My Tree
Ransacked!
Someone or something seemed to be sabotaging our efforts to create an arrangement of colorful flora. Yesterday, my brother’s petunias had vanished, and today, my sister’s violets were the victims. So far, my flowerpot had remained untouched—but for how long?
Eagles? Maybe Not…
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Sharing Birding Contest Honorable Mention Bald Eagle. Photo © Leah Zimmerman. It was Friday. Finally the day had arrived! At 6:40 a.m. Grandma Elsasser...
Sharing Friendship
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Sharing Birding Contest Honorable Mention As I’m the only birder in our family, I’ve often wondered what a birding spree would be like with my siblings....
Math Is 4 the Birds
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Sharing Birding Contest Third Place Winner My ten-year-old brother and I had an agreement. He would finish his math before a certain time five school days...
Learning Together
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Sharing Birding Contest First Place Winner Finsch's Wheatear. Photo © Shutterstock.com. I stared at the birding contest announcement. Ideas began to roll...
Our Crane Creek Birding Expedition
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Sharing Birding Contest Second Place Winner Our big white van turned into a long gravel lane with a sign ushering us to Crane Creek in Ohio. My brothers...
Excerpts from the Sharing Birding Contest
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Editor’s note:We gathered up your story submissions, all one hundred or so, and headed to the Shenandoah National Park (two different days). Bethany read...
Our Share of the Birding
View the full issue in the Magazine Archive Sharing Birding Contest Third Place Winner Clutching my almost brand-new binoculars, I slipped down the porch steps to join the trio on the drive. A...
Birding by Beginners
Sharing Birding Contest Grand Prize Winner View the full issue in the Magazine Archive American Robin. Photo © Robert Frazer. My husband and I are not birders. Thanks in part to Nature Friend, some...